SLATE: GOOD SCENES

August 1943
ENGLAND: London: Waterloo Station:
INT
Piles of luggage
Crowds filing thru ticket barrier - including man smoking cigarette, woman carrying child
Crowds walking towards train in railway station
TRACKING SHOT following woman carrying suitcase
People walking along platform
Crowded platform as people wait for train to come in
People walking alongside train

London:
EXT
People in stands at Sports Meeting & Dog Show in 'Shadow of St. Paul's'
PAN runners in the 100 yards race
Close shot of winner Leading Fireman Shelde with dome of St. Paul's cathedral in background
Jumper over rope in high jump
Another man jumping over rope (high jump) with St. Paul's in background
Lady and gentleman watching in crowd
Another jumper over rope with St. Paul's in background

Southend:
Various of people on beach and paddling in sea

London:
Bulldog with sailor's cap 'Queenie' on
Close up of panting dog

White City:
Mass crowds in stands waving to camera at Forces Athletic Meeting 1943
PAN mass crowds in stands waving to camera
Sydney Wooderson (British athlete and winner of the day's mile race at White City) signing autograph
Various of crowded stands

Surrey: Richmond:
General view of River Thames with crowds on side and few row boats
High angle view of group picnicking on grass PAN up to fun fair rides

SLATE: CENSORED SCENES

Essex: Southend-on-Sea:
Southend Pier with barbed wire in foreground
Southend Pier, crowded beach and barbed wire in foreground
PAN people on beach and pier in background
Crowded beach and pier in background
Crowded beach, pier in background, people bathing
Almost deserted beach due to an alert being sounded
Almost deserted beach due to an Alert being sounded, pier in background
Background: General views of people enjoying the August Bank Holiday of 1943. Millions relax from strenuous wartime efforts and contrive to have a good time.

See also shotlist ref BGX409060105.

(Home Front; Entertainment and Leisure; Great Britain, Second World War; World War II)